Tokyo

Akihabara, also known as Akihabara Electric Town, is an area of Tokyo, Japan. It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo Station and is a popular shopping district. Japan. ...

The Tokyo Sky Tree, formerly known as New Tokyo Tower, is a broadcasting, restaurant and observation tower. It has been the tallest structure in Japan since 2010. The tower completion i...

Following Occupy Wall Street demonstration, Occupy Tokyo was held at Chiyoda-ku area. Tokyo, Japan. 15th October, 2011

Flowers, letters, and apples are laid in front of the Apple store in Ginza, Tokyo, for CEO Steve Jobs who passed away after a long battle with cancer. Tokyo, Japan. 7th October 2011

Less than a day after Steve Jobs, Apple co-found and technology luminary, passed away, dozens flocked to the Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo, to pay their respects. Flowers, apples, cards an...

A bustling Tokyo saw empty streets in the days following the major earthquake. 15th March 2011

A strong typhoon, Ｎo. 15, makes landfall in Japan and passes through the Kanto region, including Tokyo. A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the Pacific Ocean. 21st S...

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda won a runoff for the presidency of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan against Industry Minister Banri Kaieda. Newspapers issued extra editions carrying...

A protest against nuclear power marked the third month since the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami. Tokyo, Japan. 11 June 2011

At an anti-nuclear power demonstration in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, many protesters marched while shouting, “no more nuclear power. Save children.”

The charity event for the people in earthquake and tsunami affected area was held at Tsukiji, around the fish market in Tokyo on the first day of the holidays called Golden Week.

Big screens of some buildings in Tokyo now show the amount of radiation present in the atmosphere at various points in Tokyo. The nuclear reactor in Fukushima was damaged by the devasta...

Tokyo Disneyland has reopened once more after being closed for over a month following damage caused to its car park area and monorail berm by the devastating earthquake that hit Japan o...

Cherry blossom viewing, which is a traditional Japanese Spring event, was a little different than normal this year. Some cherry blossom festivals, including the decorative night display...

A No Nukes demonstration was held on 10th April at Koenji, Tokyo. The No nukes event was held at several places on the same day. Many people expressed their anger in their own way. Some...

Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which closed last week, has reopened to temporarily shelter evacuees from the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. 700 rooms will be opened and 14...

Tokyo water supply gets contaminated with radiation from the nuclear plants in Fukushima causing bottled water and juice to be sold out at supermarkets across the city.

Businesses in Tokyo have been cutting back on power usage after the nuclear plants in Fukushima were knocked out by the tsunami following a 9.0 earthquake.

The city of Tokyo has cancelled some of its annual cherry blossom viewing (hanami) events, including those in Ueno Park and near Yasukuni Shrine.

People gathered in front of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) headquarters in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, to protest TEPCO and the Fukushima Daiichi plant. 27/03/2011.